Everything for Uchiha

Uchiha Tsukasa spoke while gesturing at his chest and stomach.

"Like my dad, fat people are fat around here," he said, pointing at his belly. "Their chests aren't that fat."

"A gluttonous woman is fat in the chest, but her stomach and waist are small instead."

Uchiha Shinichi nodded in strong agreement. "A kindred spirit. That's what I think too. Her figure isn't as slender as Xiao Hong's."

He suddenly laughed. "Maybe when she eats, the food gets digested before it even reaches her stomach."

"Hahaha, Shinichi, you're really funny." Uchiha Tsukasa laughed as well.

Then he changed the subject and asked, "Shinichi, how did you do on the test?"

Uchiha Shinichi shook his head. "I didn't know a lot of it. I only filled in a few multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions."

"Same here. What a shame."

"What's so shameful about it? You want to be a medical ninja?"

Uchiha Shinichi looked as though he couldn't believe it.

"Of course not!"

Feeling questioned, Uchiha Tsukasa craned his neck as he retorted.

"That's good."

Uchiha Shinichi nodded. "The Uchiha Clan is meant to fight. How can we stand in the back and do the kind of work women do?"

"I just don't want to be outdone by that pretty boy."

Uchiha Tsukasa hurriedly explained, "Didn't you see how smoothly the pretty boy and the gluttonous woman did on the test? They probably scored well."

"Hmph! The Hyuga Clan must have gotten the news in advance."

Uchiha Shinichi clenched his fists, visibly furious. "We're both great clans, yet the village ignores us every time."

Uchiha Tsukasa nodded vigorously in agreement. "Exactly. Medical ninjas may not be our thing."

"But we may not want it, but they can't refuse to give it to us."

"One day, I'll become Hokage and change this situation."

Uchiha Shinichi slammed his hand onto the desk and spoke resentfully.

"Shinichi, I support you!"

The exam had taken up one of Inoue Lingyue's class periods.

As a result, she used the breaks between the following three periods to teach.

They had three consecutive classes.

The class erupted in another chorus of misery.

But under Inoue Lingyue's imposing pressure, the students could only obediently listen.

After several classes, Hyuga Seisen noticed something.

Hyuga Ayane had eaten very few snacks today, apart from the bag of dried fish she had opened after the exam.

She had been quiet during all the other classes.

When he asked, Hyuga Ayane pouted and said,

"She spent all her allowance for the month."

After giving it some thought, Hyuga Seisen guessed that she must have enjoyed yesterday's ramen too much and let Ichiraku earn all her money.

He could not help finding it a little funny.

The moment the dismissal bell rang, Hyuga Ayane vanished from the classroom with perfect timing again.

It was as if she had suddenly been summoned away.

Hyuga Seisen also got up and went home for lunch.

The afternoon arrived quickly.

Inoue Lingyue entered with a document and a list of test results.

"The school has established a new basic medical training class this year."

"Its purpose is to train students who love medicine and wish to save lives, helping them become medical ninjas."

"Following this morning's exam, three students in our class have qualified for training."

When the children of the great clans heard this, they all secretly thought, Just as expected.

This sudden test had been meant to screen people.

The commoner students in the class also realized the purpose of the morning's test.

They also understood what they had missed.

After all, not everyone liked fighting as much as the Uchiha did.

Being able to work safely and steadily in the rear was the dream of many commoners.

Now, that dream had slipped away before their eyes.

They were feeling a little down, but children's moods came and went quickly.

Soon, Inoue Lingyue's next words caught their attention.

"The three of them are..."

At this point, Inoue Lingyue paused, a faint smile appearing on her face.

"They are Hyuga Seisen with 98 points, Uchiha Tsukasa with 89 points, and Hyuga Ayane with 86 points."

"The three of you may come to me after class to collect an application form."

"Now, let's give the three of them a round of applause!"

The students below immediately burst into cheers.

By the window, Uchiha Shinichi turned around and stared at Uchiha Tsukasa with disbelief written all over his face.

"Didn't you say you only did a few multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions?"

"Those questions only add up to a little over twenty points at full marks."

"How did you pick your answers and get an 89?"

Uchiha Shinichi opened with three deadly questions in a row.

Uchiha Tsukasa's gaze wandered, and he did not dare look at Uchiha Shinichi.

Inwardly, he cursed Inoue Lingyue to death.

Didn't you say the scores wouldn't be announced? Why did you sell me out right after the test?

As a man of the Uchiha Clan, instead of fighting on the front lines,

he wanted to work in the rear as a medical ninja.

For other clans, that might be an honor, but for him, it was poison.

His mind raced as he stammered,

"I did write answers for the later essay questions too, but I just wrote nonsense. I didn't expect to guess them right."

Uchiha Shinichi looked enlightened.

"I didn't know you were a genius, Tsukasa. You got 89 even by writing nonsense."

Then he asked, "But if you weren't planning to become a medical ninja, why did you write the essay questions?"

"I-I was afraid that leaving all the later essay questions blank would damage the Uchiha Clan's reputation."

That was right! It would damage the Uchiha Clan's reputation.

Uchiha Tsukasa instantly seized upon the righteous cause. His thoughts became clearer and clearer, and he no longer stammered.

"Shinichi, you just didn't take the test seriously. If you had, you definitely would've scored higher than me."

"The Uchiha Clan's talent is right there. How could we possibly be inferior?"

"It's obvious that the village just doesn't think highly of us this time."

"But the more the village looks down on us, the more we have to prove ourselves."

As he spoke, Uchiha Tsukasa seemed to shine with the words "Everything for Uchiha."

"This test was meant to let the village know that even without advance notice from them, someone from the Uchiha Clan could still be selected."

"We may not want it, but they can't refuse to give it to us."

His radiance grew stronger and stronger, and Uchiha Shinichi could barely keep his eyes open.

He felt that something was off, but he could not remember what it was.

He could only nod in agreement. "I hadn't thought that deeply about it. You've really put yourself through a lot."

"Everything for Uchiha!"

Uchiha Tsukasa involuntarily raised his right hand.

For an instant, Uchiha Shinichi seemed to see the words "Zhong Cheng" rushing toward him through the light.

They lingered for a long time without fading.

The little incident between the two Uchiha brothers drew no one else's attention.

The class was still cheering, especially the girls.

"Ahhh, Seisen is so handsome! He's handsome and gets great grades too."

"Let's see who dares say Seisen is all looks and no substance now. His 98 points leave them miles behind."

"Exactly! Handsome and good at studying—he's the perfect boyfriend template."

Suddenly, an unusual, indignant voice rang out amid the cheers.

"Teacher, this isn't fair."

The voice was like a thunderclap from a clear sky, leaving everyone at a loss.

The applause and cheers instinctively slowed as everyone turned toward the source of the voice.